Tokyo Kasei Gakuin University will introduce quotas for men in all departments from the entrance examination in 2026. Although it has a long history as an all-women's university, it will reorganize the Faculty of Contemporary Life Studies into the Faculty of Co-Creation Life in 2025 and begin accepting male students, and then introduce quotas for men when the entire university becomes coeducational from 2026.
The number of male students to be recruited is expected to be about 1% of the total number of students in each department (52 students). In the comprehensive selection process, there will be an "Assertive Entrance Exam for Male Students in Home Economics and Life Sciences" (provisional name), and in the school recommendation selection process, there will be a "Special Slot for Male Students in Home Economics and Life Sciences Recommendations from Designated Schools" (provisional name).
Tokyo Kasei Gakuin University was founded in 1923 as the Home Economics Research Institute in what is now Shinjuku Ward. With the Home Economics Research Institute as its base, Tokyo Kasei Gakuin was opened in 1925, and after opening a vocational school, a high school for girls, and a junior college, Tokyo Kasei Gakuin University was born in 1963. Since then, it has been a women's university specializing in "home economics and life science" for 100 years, producing many graduates. Currently, the university has campuses in Machida City and Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, and is home to the Faculty of Contemporary Life Studies, the Faculty of Human Nutrition, and the Graduate School of Human Life Studies.
In setting the quota for men, Tokyo Kasei Gakuin University hopes to raise awareness in society that "Home Economics/Life Sciences" is a broad field of study that covers everything related to daily life, including food, clothing, shelter, and children, and that it is a field that male students can also study, thereby "promoting student diversity and revitalizing the faculty," "attracting excellent male students," and "promoting gender balance in home economics."
